Compartment-box for bottles or the like.



No. 818,190. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

H. PHILLIPS. GOMPARTMENT BOX FOR BOTTLES OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. 1904.

MEI-classes tain new and useful Improvements HYMAN PHILLIPS, OFCINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMPARTIVIENT-BOX FOR BOTTLES OR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed December 30, 190 Serial No. 239,037.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton andState of Ohio, have invented cerin Compartment-Boxes for Bottles or theLike, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in compartment boxes orcases such as are commonly used by brewers, bottlers, &c., forcontaining beer, mineral waters, and the like; and the object of theinvention is to provide a box or case of this general character of asimple and inexpensive nature and of a compact, strong, and lightconstruction and of a convenient and advantageous form, which shall bepossessed of increased durability and shall be capable of ready repairin case of wear or damage, where by an important economy is afforded tothe users of such boxes or cases.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the improvedcompartment box or case whereby certain important advantages areattained and the device is rendered simpler, cheaper, and more durableand is otherwise better adapted and made more convenient for use thansimilar compartment boxes or cases heretofore devised, all as will behereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention,Figure l is a side elevation of the improved compartment box or casewith one portion thereof broken out and shown in section forillustration of certain features of construction. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the improved box with one end portion of the upper part thereofbroken away and shown in section to illustrate certain features of theconstruction and arrangement of the handholds of the improved box.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the lIrox 1n the planeindicated by the line at :1; in

is shown in the drawings, the improved compartment box or case isprovided with a metallic body portion preferably formed from a singlepiece or sheet of metal bent to produce opposite side walls 1 1 and endwalls 2 2, the box or case shown in the drawings being of elongatedform, although this of course is immaterial to my invention.

3 indicates a beaded or wired edge produced around the upper portions ofthe side and end walls 1 and 2 of the box or case and so arranged as tooverhang upon the inner surface thereof, leaving a smooth and unbrokensurface upon the outer side of each wall of the box or case, so that theboxes or cases may be packed closely together with their wallscontacting throughout, whereby space is economized and rattling about ofthe cases when closely packed is prevented.

The improved box or case has a wooden bottom 4, held in position bymeans of nails or the like driven through the lower edges of the metalwalls of the device, and said bot tom is provided with apertures 6 6 atintervals and adapted for draining the interior of the box or case fromwater or other liquids accummulating therein, as will be readilyunderstood. The arrangement of the bottom 4 is such as to permit thebottom to be removed and replaced in case it should become rotted,broken, or cracked, so that as long as the me tallic body portion of thebox or case remains intact the device may readily be renderedserviceable.

7 7 indicate metal strips held by rivets 8 along opposite sides of thelower portion of the box or case just above the bottom 4, each suchstrip 7 having corrugations 9 9 produced in it, whereby there are formedspaces or separations within the box or case adapted to snugly receivethe lower ends of the bottles, as indicated at a in dotted lines on thedrawings, the proportions of the box or case shown being such as toadapt it for receiving two longitudinal rows of six bottles each. Thebottles in each row are engaged in the separations between thecorrugations of the corresponding strip 7 and are thereby held againstrattling about, and between the two rows of bottles-and along thecentral part of the box or case in a plane ust above the corrugatedstrips 7 is arranged a longitudinal brace or stay-rod 10, the oppositeends of which are secured to the end walls 2 2 of the device. The braceor stay-rod 10 serves to separate the bottles of the two rows andprevents contact between the bottles, so that breakage is avoided.

The preferred construction of said brace or stay-rod is shown clearly inthe drawings and consists in forming the device from sheet metal inhollow rectangular cross-section,

whereby a maximum of strength and stifl ness is imparted to the brace orstay-rod Without necessary increase in weight, the opposite edges of thesheet metal piece or strip from which the brace or stay-rod is formedbeing lapped over each other, as indicated at 12 in Fig. 3. The ends ofthe brace or stay-rod are also provided with outwardly-directed flanges11 11, integrally produced upon the extremity of the opposite side wallsof the hollow brace or tie-rod and securely riveted upon the end walls 2of the box or case. Above the brace or tie-rod 10 and at right anglesthereto, being extended centrally and transversely across the elongatedbox or casing near its upper part, is arranged an auxiliary brace ortie-rod 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The detailed construction of theauxiliary brace or tie-rod 13 and its attachment in the box or case isidentical with the construction and arrangement of the brace or tie-rod10 above described. This arrangement of the braces or tie-rods affordsgreat strength and stiffness to the metal walls of the box or case, sothat the same are not liable to be readily crushed or badly dented andthe construction is extremely light.

At opposite ends of the box or case are produced handholds 14 in theform of openings in the end walls 2, the metal of which said end wallsare formed being slitted and open inwardly to produce rolled or roundedbeads or enlargements 15 15 above and below the openings, and at thelateral edges of said openings there are attached, by means of rivets17, other vertically-extended rolled or rounded beads or enlargements16, also proj ecting within the interior of the box or case in line withthe upper and lower beads 15 15, said vertical beads or enlargements 1 6having their outer end portions extended over the rolled edges of themetal at the sides of the openings at which the handholds are produced,said outer portions of the parts 16 serving to receive the rivets 17, asclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This arrangement is veryinexpensive and provides a rounded enlargement or head along each edgeof the opening in the end wall of the box or case, so that there are norough edges exposed which would be likely to cut the hands.

From the above description it will be read ily understood that theimproved compart- Inent box or case constructed according to myinvention is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is at thesame time very strong, light, and durable and is capable of beingreadily repaired, so as to aflord important economy on the part of theuser.

The device is also capable of very convenient use and is adapted to holdthe bottles securely in position by reason of the employment of thebraces and of the corrugated partitionstrips 7, and it will be obviousfrom the above description that the device is capable of somemodification without I material departure from the principles and spiritof the invention, and for this reason I do not desire to be understoodas limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement herein set forth.For example, in lieu of the form and arrangement of thecompartment-strips 7 shown in the drawings other equivalent devices maybe employed, and instead of providing said strips with the roundedcorrugations illustrated it is evident that the corrugations may bestraight-sided and arranged at right angles or at acute angles to theside walls of the box or case in position for engagement between thebottles.

Having thus described my invention, what.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a bodyportion formed from sheet metal with side and end walls, a wooden bottomextended across said body portion, attaching devices carried by the bodyportion and detachably engaged with the wooden bottom and bracesextended across the interior of the body portion and formed from stripsof metal bent in rectangular hollow form and having at their endsflanges attached to the opposite walls of the body portion.

2. A device of the character described comprising a sheet-metal bodyportion having side and end walls and a hollow, rectangularcrosssectioned partition-strip formed from sheet metal and extendedacross the body portion and having lateral ears or flanges at itsopposite ends attached to opposite walls of the body portion.

3. A device of the character described comprising a metal body portionhaving side and end walls, a wooden bottom inserted in and carried bysaid body portion and a brace extended across the interior of the bodyportion with ends attached to opposite walls thereof, said brace beingformed from sheet metal bent in rectangular hollow cross-sectional'form.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 13th day of December, 1904.

HYMAN PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

JAs. CHAMP, JOHN ELIAS JoNEs.

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